...i called the legal department this afternoon and spoke to the secretary, leaving a message with my full name for the associate general counsel to return my call. it's been several weeks since my initial interview now. i cannot bear the suspense.

"is it urgent?" the secretary asked, politely.

"no, it isn't, actually, but i would like to hear back from her either today or monday."

because of the raging headache i had after the funeral today, i thereafter took a nap. unfortunately, that was when associate general counsel returned my call:

"i'm sorry, but my secretary said i would know why you were calling....i apologize, but i have no idea who you are. please return my call monday."

very nice. i won't even go into how much my heart dropped at knowing that and just how thankful i was that i had started drinking two hours prior to hearing the message.

God, i sure hope you have a plan and have all things under control because if i were to rely upon myself right now, i'd be in the toilet.

i tweet, therefore i am a tweeter.

St. Paul, to the Thessalonians

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief.For all of you are children of the light and children of the day.We are not of the night or of darkness.Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do,but let us stay alert and sober.

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Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

Dorothy Day

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It was not in me.It moved in and out.When I dared to stop it, the wine won out.(What it was, I no longer remember.)The wine then offeredthis and offered that,till I became dependent on him.

I, fool!

~~Rainer Maria Rilke

thought for today

"We are all in the gutter. Some of us are looking at the stars."

Oscar Wilde

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dorothy day

"Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily."

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batman philosophy

Robin: "Boy! That was our closest call ever! I have to admit that I was pretty scared!"Batman: "I wasn't scared in the least."Robin: "Not at all?"Batman: "Haven't you noticed how we always escape the vicious ensnarements of our enemies?"Robin: "Yeah, because we're smarter than they are!"Batman: "I like to think it's because our hearts are pure."